Daniel Ortega (Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Cancilleria Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0)
The brutal crackdown on Christianity in Nicaragua, and the Catholic Church in particular, by president Daniel Ortega has reached a crisis level as the ruthless dictator continues to oppress any person or organization not under his control.
August 15
“If you know how to pray, then you will love prayer–and if you love to pray, then you will pray.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Bethany shares how Young Women of Grace impacted her during high school and beyond and helped her find supportive and loving Catholic mentors to help her stay strong in her faith.
A long-time video gamer and devout Catholic is sounding the alarm about a new breed of satanically-themed video games that target God and the Catholic Church, invite players to make pacts with the devil, and elevate Satan to hero status. Although this warning came almost ten years ago now, updated versions of many of these games still exist, there are plenty of new additions to this list.
August 13
“A few moments of recollection and meditation each morning in the presence of God transforms and perfumes the whole day, like flowers cast when night comes, whose fragrance at dawn anoints everything they have touched.”
-Elisabeth Leseur
August 9th
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
1891 – 1942
Patroness of the Benedicta Institute for Women®
“The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
August 11
“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
-Matthew 6:6
August 10
“The more we give ourselves up in the worship of God, the more our personality is deepened and enriched. The more we concentrate on ourselves and our own status, however, the more we grow poor, shallow, and dull…”
-Jutta Burggraf
